| Headword | White veal from Central Apennines |
| Domain and Subdomain | Nutrition – meat |
| Grammatical label | Noun, sing. |
| Definition | Meat coming from bovines, males and females, exclusively from Chianina, Marchigiana and Romagnola races, with an age from 12 to 24 months. (1) |
| Note | PGI, “Vitellone Bianco Apennino Centrale is used to indicate the meat coming from bovines with an age between 12 and 24 months. They have a white fur that is very visibleon their black skin and that allows them to tolerate solar radiations of the typical grazing territories. The animals at this age are young and their meat stays really thin with a composition in fat acids healthy for the modern nutrition. Appennino Centrale represents the indication of origin, because it is the zone where, traditionally, Chianina, Marchigiana and Romagnola are raised since 1500 years, feeded with fodder and feedstuff typical of the area. (2) Vitellone Bianco Appenino Centrale PGI is well-known thanks to its really savoury and flavoury meat characterised by a visible red colour, fine grain, elastic and solid consistence and some fat pieces on the musculature. One of the main features of this meat is the low percentage of fats, the high quantity of iron and the great level of vitamins in it. (3) This meat is great if tasted grilled, cooked in the pan, barbecued, boiled and as a stew. (4) |
| Context | The origins of Vitellone Bianco dell’Appennino Centrale can be traced back to the pre-Roman times when the Etruscans raised cows with the same common characteristics of the Podolica cattle breeds which are reared in the Apennines today. (5) |
| Phonetic transcription | [waɪt ˈviːl ˈfrɒmˈsɛntrəlˈæpəˌnaɪnz] |
| Synonyms/Variants | There are a few examples of white central Apennine steer. (6) |
| Etymology | Vitellone is the increasing of Vitello, from the Latin term vitellum (dim. Of vitŭlus ‘vitello’). (7) Bianco comes from the Germanic blank ‘bianco lucente’. (8) |
| Product image |  (9) |
| Equivalents | ITA Vitellone Bianco dell’Appennino centrale ESP Ternera Blanca Apenino Central FRA Taurillon blanc de l’Apennin Central RO Vițel alb din Apeninii Centrali |
| Note of the equivalents | In Spanish, the term is feminine. |
| Institution | Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di studi linguistici e culturali |
| Date of the sheet | 06/08/2021 |
| Last modified | 7/05/2023 |
| Author Revisor | Margherita Baroni Gloria Zanella |
| Sources | 1) https://www.qualigeo.eu/prodotto-qualigeo/vitellone-bianco-dellappennino-centrale-igp/ 2) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellone_Bianco_dell%27Appennino_Centrale 3) http://www.agricoltura.regione.campania.it/tipici/vitellone.html 4) https://www.qualigeo.eu/prodotto-qualigeo/vitellone-bianco-dellappennino-centrale-igp/ 5) https://www.tasteatlas.com/vitellone-bianco-dellappennino-centrale-1 6) https://www.google.com/search?q=white+central+apennine+steer&rlz=1C1GCEB_enIT870IT870&sxsrf=ALeKk01v8tHvq02QR9RWQfJuO__b5ssa4g%3A1628672182820&ei=tpATYf3EMYa1sAfshL6wCQ&oq=white+central+apennine+steer&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECc6BwgjELADECc6BwgAEEcQsANKBAhBGABQ_84EWMHkBGCN5gRoBHACeACAAY8BiAH8C5IBBDAuMTOYAQCgAQHIAQnAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwj996XXzKjyAhWGGuwKHWyCD5YQ4dUDCA4&uact=5 7) https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/ricerca/vitello/ 8) https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/ricerca/bianco-/ 9) https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qualigeo.eu%2Fprodotto-qualigeo%2Fvitellone-bianco-dellappennino-centrale-igp%2F&psig=AOvVaw19ZrexuCAcq2zOSNXbErP9&ust=1627551127737000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCIijy8i6hfICFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD |
